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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P2000.76
People
Weegee (Arthur Fellig), American (Zloczew, Austria (now Poland) 1899 - 1968 New York, New York)
Title
Weegee by Weegee
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
c. 1953
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/173056

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 34.4 x 27.6 cm (13 9/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 28.2 cm (14 x 11 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, blue crayon: FELLIG, ARTHUR
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: Weegee
    by
    Weegee
  • stamp: verso, upper right, red ink: HOLD FOR FILE
    TIME
  • stamp: verso, center, red ink: USED IN TIME
    NOV 2 1953 - pg. 74 [page notation in black ink]
  • stamp: verso, right center, red ink: RETURN TO
    TIME, INC.
    NOV 24 1953
    FILE
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 25.1 [circled]
    50
  • inscription: verso, lower left, blue crayon: X OVERSIZE
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: [dealer?]: PF33194TL

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, New York, sold to the Harvard University Art Museums, 2000.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Richard and Ronay Menschel
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
P2000.76
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "Two Billion Clicks", Time [magazine] (November 2, 1953), vol. 62, no. 18, p. 74

Verification Level

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